Sunday, July 1, 2012

Many of the older buildings in what used to be the Durham NC warehouse district are now office buildings.

It's nice to see old building reused in a different way as opposed to being abandoned.

The shot below is one I took in a nook of an inside stairwell.

The photograph below which is inside a former tobacco warehouse renovated for offices shows what part of the downtown area looked like a long time ago. The cars are a clue it's not a recent photograph.

I often photograph the house below which is next to an office building and is used as an office itself.

It was already hot last week when I briefly wandered in the downtown Durham, NC park and garden shown below.

I wanted to photograph the garden while it was still lush and green because the extreme heat wave will no doubt turn many of the plants brown soon.

Starting on Friday we have been breaking record highs left and right.

You see a lot of Bulls in downtown Durham in honor of the Durham Bulls baseball team. The bull below is a bike rack.

The last shot is in honor of July 4 which is the U.S. Independence Day and I chose it for the red white and blue colors (not just on the flag).

Lol … I like the bike rack. :) I totally agree about the older building being restored instead of abandoned. There is so much incredible potential in historic structures. Often they are move attractive than the newer designs when looked after. The pretty tile art in the corner adds a lot of charm to the brick backdrop!

Carver, lots of neat things to see there. I love the mosaic stand and the sunflower bench. And the bike rack is cool too. I agree it is wonderful that the old buildings are being re-cycled and used once again. Great post and photos.

So many photographs to admire here. i'm all for making use of older buildings rather than tearing them down. I think my favourite photo is the inside stairwell, but also loved the last colour coordinated red/white/blue one. Happy Independence Day!

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I like to take photographs and I use blogging as a way to share my photography. I started blogging for other reasons but no longer feel the need or have the desire to write beyond a narrative for my photography.